 |
 |
ACLU: U.S. blocking payments to Guantanamo attorneys
Carol Rosenberg
Miami Herald
Wednesday, July 9, 2008
GUANTANAMO BAY NAVY BASE, Cuba — The U.S. government is blocking the American Civil Liberties Union from paying attorneys representing suspected terrorists held here, insisting that the ACLU must first receive a license from the U.S. Treasury Department before making the payments.
ACLU director Anthony Romero on Tuesday accused the Bush administration of “obstruction of justice” by delaying approval of the license, which the government argues is required under U.S. law because the beneficiaries of the lawyers’ services are foreign terrorists.
“Now the government is stonewalling again by not allowing Americans’ private dollars to be paid to American lawyers to defend civil liberties,” Romero said.
(Article continues below)
Treasury Department spokesman John Rankin declined to comment on the showdown with the ACLU, citing privacy policies.
But he said the Treasury Department’s Office of Foreign Assets Control “is treating this request with the seriousness it deserves and strives to process license applications as expeditiously as possible.”
OFAC is perhaps best known for enforcing regulations against Americans’ spending money in places like Cuba or North Korea. But OFAC also is responsible for making certain American funds aren’t sent to terrorist groups.
Get your ad SEEN by
our millions of monthly visitors AND
support the Infowar. CLICK
HERE for our advertising rates.
CANCER CONSPIRACY? Are
"they" suppressing the cure? Will YOU
be the next victim? Learn
the Secret Truth! - READ FULL STORY
-
- Social bookmarks
- Email this article
-
- Print this page
One Response to “ACLU: U.S. blocking payments to Guantanamo attorneys”
 |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  | |||||||
| By N2H | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
July 9th, 2008 at 10:57 pm
Back in the days of the Nazi’s they used to put guys on trial and make them wear pants that were too big for them, but they wouldn’t let them wear a belt or sit at a desk. The result was that the defendant had to spend the trial holding his pants up by hand, which made him look ridiculous. It was petty and cruel, but of course that’s the Nazi’s. The people running our government right now are truly the sons of those fathers. Petty and cruel.